Days of heavy monsoon rains inundated vast areas, leaving thousands stranded.

Emergency crews raced to reach survivors as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides surged past 1,300 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand – with more than 800 people missing.

Days of heavy monsoon rains inundated vast areas, leaving thousands stranded and many clinging to rooftops and trees waiting for help.

The flooding and landslides killed at least 1,303 people, with 712 people confirmed dead in Indonesia, 410 in Sri Lanka and 181 in Thailand, authorities said on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka’s president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, said it is too early to determine the exact number of dead.

In Indonesia, the hardest-hit nation, rescuers struggled to access villages on Sumatra island, where

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